Fastener.



No. 655,696. Patented Aug. I4, I900.

W. 'B. H. DOWSE'.

FASTENER.

[Application filed May 5, 1899.}

No Model.)

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EEPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,696, dated August 14, 1900. Application filed May a, 1399. Serial No. 715,757. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM B. H. Dower), of Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fasteners, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a specification.

This invention consists in an improvement in that class of fasteners for gloves, &c. ,known as ball-and-socket fasteners,and relates to the ball part of the fastener and is comprised in the structure and formation of the saidball member. The object is to cheapen and simplify the construction of the fastener. V

The invention is embodied in the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of one of my improved ball members. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken through 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. a shows in perspective a modification of my device. Fig. 5 is a plan of the modified device. Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectiontaken on line 6 6 of Fig. 4.

In the drawings, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the ball A and its flangeB are represented as made of a single piece of metal, although the ball part may be made separate from the base and the two united by any of the well-known means.

To obtain the necessary elasticity or spring, the surface of the ball is divided by grooves and lands or grooves and ribs extending from the baseto top of the ball, so that as the socket ning meridianly, as shown in the drawings, .they may be more or less inclined, so as to form spiral lines.

I claim- 1. In a ball-and-socket fastener,a ballmem her having lands and grooves extending from base to top whereby elasticity is secured, sub stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a ball-and-socket fastener,a ball mem= ber of globular contour formed with ribs and grooves extending lvertically from the base to top of the ball, whereby a circumferential elasticity is effected, substantially as and for the purpose specified In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 27th day of April, A. D. 1899.

- WM. B. H. DOWSE. Witnesses:

G. W. PHILLIPS, A. H. FLANNERY. 

